Chapter 120: Despair and Reluctance (Part 2)
As the core of power in Pengcheng, the southeast palace is located in the center of the south of the city, sitting in the south and facing north, and the mansion is huge. The streets around the palace are spacious and extend in all directions.
At this time, the entire palace had been occupied by Qingzhou soldiers, but the peripheral streets were all Xuzhou soldiers and horses.
Wei Chi Zhan is one of the five fierce generals under Sima Jian's command, brave and belligerent, and bold and careful, which is why Sima Jian gave him this mission.
After successfully entering Pengcheng at night, Wei Chizhan was full of hope and knew that his time had come to make a contribution. But now, his mind was heavy and his face was gloomy.
Five or six thousand soldiers and horses surrounded them, and all the city gates fell into the hands of Xuzhou soldiers, can they still break through?
Wei Chizhan didn't know.
But he will not sit still and beg for mercy, he would rather die on the way to break out than beg for mercy.
Shen Ning also saw Wei Chizhan and didn't know him.
"Boy, who are you?" Wei Chizhan noticed Shen Ning's gaze and asked in a cold voice.
Shen Ning arched his hand and said: "Under Shen Ning!" β
"Shen Ning! I remember you. Wei Chizhan nodded.
Wang Xiao on the side was startled, pointed at Shen Ning and shouted, "You are Shen Ning?" You're not Zhao Baoyu? β
Shen Ning smiled: "Of course I'm not Zhao Baoyu!" Zhao Baoyu has died on the way to Xu! Just because the Zhao family knew about the conspiracy between your Wang family and Sima Jian, and was tragically destroyed, I pretended to be Baoyu just to expose your conspiracy today! Wang Xiao, you have gone against the grain, and the many crimes you have committed have finally been retributed today, have you ever thought about today? It's not that the day won't accept you, it's just that the time hasn't come yet! β
Shen Ning angrily reprimanded Wang Xiao, but also continued to forge his fake identity.
Only then did Wang Xiao understand that his plan would fail, and it actually originated from this!
"I hate it so much, I knew that today, I should have sent someone to kill you and dismantle you in pieces!" Wang Xiao's anger was surging, and he couldn't wash away his anger at Shen Ning.
At this time, Wei Chizhan's soldiers and horses had been reorganized, and I saw Wei Chizhan draw his knife, and after shouting, the breakthrough began!
Shen Ning naturally couldn't let them escape, and immediately gave an order, and the Xuzhou soldiers behind him swarmed forward and began to encircle and suppress!
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It was dawn, and there was silence in Pengcheng except for the sound of fighting.
No one dared to go out, and they all hid at home to avoid being implicated.
Many families have already heard the news, and while they are shocked, everyone is in danger.
Lee House.
Li Qingkong, Li Changyun and Yu Meiqian, Yu Xuefei and others stayed together, they were not far from the Southeast Palace, only a few streets apart, and the soldiers and horses running outside the mansion made them panic.
"Two mothers and sisters, should we run away? Once the Wang family invades the southeast palace and arrests the prince, the next person to do it will be us. Li Yunchang was so frightened that the six gods had no master.
After all, Yu Meiqian is a female streamer, and she is also very scared at this time, she never imagined that Wang Xiao was so bold that she would collude with Sima Jian.
"Clear sky, what do you think?" Yu Meiqian looked at her daughter.
Among the crowd, Li Qingkong was the most calm.
Li Qingkong sighed and said, "There is a scuffle outside, once you go out, you are likely to be treated as an enemy, so you should stay at home honestly." Even if Wang Xiao wins, he won't kill us, because he still has to use us to blackmail our father! β
Everyone heard this and nodded.
"Then will we send men to meet the enemy? To support the Southeast Palace? Yu Meiqian has a good relationship with the princess of the southeast, and she is also worried about the princess at this time.
Li Qingkong thought about it, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Go!" This is our responsibility as Xuzhou people! β
"No! If the Wang family wins, wouldn't it be even more irritating to know that we would send people to resist when the time comes? Li Yunchang stopped.
Li Qingkong glared at Li Yunchang and asked rhetorically, "What if the Southeast Palace's Mansion wins?" When the time comes, whoever doesn't contribute will have to be liquidated! β
Li Yunchang was speechless for a moment.
So next, Li Qingkong immediately sent more than 20 guards to the southeast palace to support.
Another example is the Zhang family.
They also knew about the conspiracy of the Wang family, and the Zhang family chose to lock the door of the house tightly, and the guards protected the mansion, and had no intention of sending anyone to help.
At this moment, the performance of the various families was exposed.
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The three thousand Qingzhou soldiers and horses led by Wei Chi Zhan are all elite, after all, they are soldiers carefully trained by Sima Jian, if they are on the battlefield, they are absolutely brave and good at fighting, and even one enemy is three, but now they have tasted hardship.
In order to move quickly and stealthily, they did not carry many bows and arrows, and they were all cavalry, mainly with long weapons, and now they abandoned their horses to break through the streets, and were immediately passive.
On the other hand, the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou occupied the houses on both sides of the street, constantly firing arrows, and Zheng Bo transferred all the archers from the large camp outside the city, with sufficient arrow feathers, and constantly shot and killed the Qingzhou soldiers.
Wei Chizhan's heart was dripping blood, and he could only watch his men fall one by one, and there was no way to save them.
How arrogantly he shot the guards of the Southeast Palace just now, and now how humbly they died here.
When the sun rose, Wei Chizhan threw away the broadsword in his hand.
She was so exhausted that she had one of her arms cut off by Zhang Liao. Looking around, only a few of his three thousand sons remained, and his eyes were full of misery and mourning.
Shen Ning walked over, looked at Wei Chizhan who was covered in blood, admired his bravery in his heart, and then asked people to arrest him, bandage him briefly to avoid dying of excessive blood loss, and then escorted him to meet the king of the southeast.
Shen Ning walked through the streets covered with corpses and came to the gate of the Southeast Palace.
Wang Xiao and his son sat there paralyzed, staring blankly at the scene in front of them, their hearts like ashes.
"Shen Ning!" Wang Beichuan's gaze swept to Shen Ning, roared angrily, and immediately pounced.
Shen Ning kicked him away.
"Take it away, go to see the prince!" Shen Ning gave an order, and the soldiers behind him immediately held down the two of them, and then escorted them away.
Zheng Bo and Chu Haoran had already rushed over.
Shen Ning didn't dare to hold it up, so he bowed his hand and said, "Humble Shen Ning, meet the two generals." β
Chu Haoran had already learned everything from Zheng Bo, he didn't dare to underestimate Shen Ning, it was he who saved the Southeast Palace, and he would definitely soar into the sky from now on.
"Little Brother Shen has seen the outside, he also works for the prince, I will slightly increase your age, you can call me Brother Chu." Chu Haoran said with a smile.
"Yes, just call me Lao Zheng." Zheng Bo also said.
Shen Ning immediately bowed and said, "Brother Chu, Brother Zheng!" The two eldest brothers also had to bother to order the soldiers to clean up the scene and collect the corpses. I still have to go to my life. β
"Leave this matter to our brothers, Brother Shen rest assured." Chu Haoran patted his chest and reassured.
Shen Ning nodded, and went back to his life.
pressed Wang Xiao's father and son to meet Sima Yue, Sima Yue looked at Wang Xiao who was like a mournful concubine, and his face was like ashes, Sima Yue coughed excitedly.
"Wang Xiao, Wang Xiao, you have harmed 2,000 soldiers of this king for your conspiracy. This king must write to His Majesty and condemn a great crime against the nine clans! Sima Yue's tone was cold, and he was also on fire in his heart.
Wang Xiao trembled, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life..."
At this moment, Wang Xiao was really scared!
Sima Yue waved his hand, and let the two of them go, out of sight and out of mind.
He stayed up for half the night, and his health was not good, but at this time, he put his mind at ease, and his fatigue suddenly hit, and he said: "Haiyun, you will be watching the aftermath next." β
Sima Haiyun hurriedly said: "Father have a good rest, and when my father wakes up, the palace will be cleaned up." β
Sima became more and more pleased, worthy of being his son!
Seeing Sima Yue away, Sima Haiyun jumped up excitedly and said with great joy: "Shen Ning, what you said is really right!" After this incident, my father was impressed with me! Hehe, I'm the lifesaver of the Southeast Palace! β
Shen Ning replied: "His Royal Highness the Prince is already resourceful, but he was not keen on this matter before. β
"Yes, I love what you say. Thanks to you this time, you have also worked hard. By the way, I don't know if my eldest brother is dead. Sima Haiyun touched his chin and asked.
The corners of Shen Ning's eyes twitched.
In the original plan, Shen Ning asked Sima Haiyun to take away Sima Yue, the princess and Sima Haiying and other people close to him, but Sima Haiyun was good, only took Sima Yue and his mother, and threw Sima Haiying, Jiang Xiao and others in the palace, regardless of their life or death.
So Shen Ning couldn't cry or laugh.
Fortunately, Sima Yue doted on this sister-in-law, otherwise a good design would have been ruined by him. Having said that, Sima Haiying is pitiful enough, and his father Sima Yue didn't think much about him, he was really the son of a concubine, but he was dispensable.
"Little prince, he should have his own natural appearance." Shen Ning replied.
Sima Haiyun cut off, and that expression seemed to say, it's better to die.
Next, the two went downstairs and personally sat in the southeast palace to deal with the aftermath.
The soldiers were busy, carrying the corpses, and at the same time washing the blood-stained streets and palaces, and gradually, the smell of blood began to fade.
At this time, Lu Xun came to report: "Your Royal Highness, the little prince has found it!" β
"What? None of this is dead? Sima Haiyun was taken aback.
Shen Ning, Chu Haoran, and Zheng Bo on the side glanced at each other, but they didn't hear it.
Lu Xun said: "Not only did I find the little prince, but also Mr. Jiang." The little prince hid in the manure tank, and Mr. Jiang disguised himself as a dead man. β
After Sima Haiyun heard this, he slapped his thigh happily and laughed: "In the manure tank? My eldest brother is really a god, and he can think of this clever plan, which is amazing. Hurry up and let him wash well, don't let him come, I'm afraid of smoking myself! β
After a while, Jiang Xiao rushed over.
Jiang Xiao escaped death, there were palpitations in his eyes, and he bowed: "Your Highness, you and the prince are safe, and your subordinates will rest assured." β
Sima Haiyun said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, you still need to be fully responsible for the aftermath!" β
"This is what subordinates should do!" Jiang Xiao smiled, then nodded to Shen Ning and the others, and then went down to do it.
Zheng Bo and Chu Haoran didn't sit for a long time, and they also went out to help.
At this time, only Shen Ning and Sima Haiyun were left in the house.
Looking at Sima Haiyun's expression, Shen Ning reminded: "Your Highness, there is a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not. β
"Is there anything we can't say between the two of us?" Sima Haiyun said.
Shen Ning said: "Has Your Highness forgotten the relationship between Wang Beifeng and Wang Beichuan?" The two of them are also brothers, but Wang Beifeng has a grudge, this time the little prince he..."
Sima Haiyun immediately narrowed his eyes.
"Humble duty should be damned, you shouldn't provoke the relationship between Your Highness and your brother." Shen Ning hurriedly got up and confessed.
Sima Haiyun snorted: "You are for my good, how can I blame you." I understand what you said, Sima Haiying escaped death this time, and he must hate me to death. It's a pity that he hid in a cesspool. And that Jiang Xiao, I don't feel happy when I think about it, I must blame me for not reminding him. Shen Ning, in the future, you can help me keep an eye on the two of them, with you, I can rest assured. β
"Humble duty understands." Shen Ning responded.